Kendra Shannon

Wonderful! This collection includes the original Spanish poem, the English translation, as well as notes explaining where the poem was found giving some context and honouring the poet and his words.

I'm not sure I liked this book. It took a very long time to introduce the many characters and an even longer time for me to figure out how they were all connected. There are a lot of passages that are quite graphic and difficult to get through. I also didn't find the ending brought any closure, or brought things to a conclusion in any way.

The synopsis that I read before reading this book lead me to believe it would be a novel about The Struggles and the IRA. It is not. It's more of a commentary on “revolutionary” culture in England. The characters are simplified, over exaggerated, and one dimensional, which is perhaps the point, but for me it wasn't enjoyable. The only reason I read till the end was to see what conclusions/comments the author was trying to make.

An important people and peice of Canadian history that gets overlooked far too often.

A true Canadian hero!

I read this at the tail end of winter in my mountain town and it made me desperate to get back on my bike. Dreaming of sunshine and hills to climb!

Part narrative, part historical fiction, part history lesson, and part author's notes and observations. Be prepared to jump in and out of each! So interesting to see these all come together. It was a fun and engaging read.

“We are the most important piece in a game, but we still don't know what the game is.”
A powerfully moving story!

Mystical, brooding, and beautiful...I loved it!

Lines of thought develop and sweep you along through histories

As a former ESL teacher and total language nerd, I really enjoyed this one!

I love reading folk tales from other countries!

“One cannot approximate truth, add nor take away, for there is no one on earth like the true shepherd and there is nothing in heaven like the suffering of real life.”
“Yet still I keep thinking that something wonderful is about to happen. Maybe tomorrow.”

As I live in Jasper I was curious about this book. It's weird, disjointed, and not very good.

I had to keep reminding myself that all of this really happened and that the book is not a work of fiction. What a strong woman to go through all of this and come out the other side with a strong sense of self and having reconciled her past and her memories.

Wow! All the stars!
“I saw an opportunity to tell a story about how people become radicalized in their uncompromising devotion to a cause, and about how individuals - and a whole society - make sense of political violence once they have passed through the crucible and finally have time to reflect.”

There are a lot of adjectives in this book. Sometimes to the detriment of the main point of the sentence. But I'd love to do a long distance cycle trip and found the stories about post-Soviet countries very interesting.

This book is ok. The author focuses on one aspect of music per chapter and includes playlists of the songs he uses as examples. So that's neat. But he loves jazz...and I do not, so that's where he loses me.

There's so much to think about here. I'll have to return to it again to understand more.

I've heard a lot about this author so I thought I'd try this book. Not my usual fare, but a surprising ending made it more enjoyable than I expected.

Beautiful artwork tells the incredible story of one of Canada's strongest heroes.

The author offers memories of growing up in a small farming community that remind me of my own family history (yup, I'm a Mennonite). The most interesting is the end when his family moves to Coaldale, where I grew up, and describes the town in the early 1950s. The stories can be awkwardly long, wordy and unfinished.

An excellent memoir filled with lessons of love, faith, forgiveness, reconciliation, healing, and peace.

Absolutely stunning!

I don't usually read graphic novels...both the story and art are beautiful